Best Bets | Greek fest, Atalaya arts on tap for this weekend

FRIDAY-SUNDAY | 09.25-09.27

Festivals in Horry County include ‘Yoga Day’

▪ 24th annual St. John’s Greek Festival, benefiting various charities, 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Thursday, 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Friday-Saturday, and noon-7 p.m. Sunday at St. John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church, at U.S. 17 Bypass and 33rd Avenue North Extension in Myrtle Beach. $1 ages 11 and older, otherwise free. 843-448-3773 or www.stjohn-mb.org/festival/greekfestival.htm.

▪ Surfside Beach Car Show, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday at Surfside Pier, at South Ocean Boulevard and Surfside Drive, with registration 9 a.m., show at 10 a.m., and trophies awarded at 2 p.m. $20 entry fee. Donations also sought for South Strand Helping Hand. 843-742-9802 or www.myrtlebeachcarclub.com.

▪ Grand opening of Grand Strand Hurricanes Wrestling Club, a nonprofit for youth, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday at The X Gym, 568 George Bishop Parkway, between U.S. 501 and U.S. 17 Bypass, just west of Myrtle Beach and Intracoastal Waterway. 631-316-2710.

▪ 12th annual Irish-Italian International Festival, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday on Main Street in North Myrtle Beach. Free admission; nominal fee for children’s inflatables. Also, with spaghetti-eating contest, 2:15 p.m. at stage at 400 Main St. 843-280-5570 or parks.nmb.us/Page.aspx?news=true&id=9

▪ Fall Arts & Crafts Festival, by Seacoast Artists Gallery, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday-Sunday in Myrtle Beach’s Valor Memorial Garden, on Farrow Parkway. Free. 843-232-7009 or seacoastartistsguild.com

▪ Conway Downtown Alive’s “Rivertown Dine-Around” culinary tour, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday across downtown Conway, from home base of Conway Visitor Center, 903 Third Ave., for pickup of map of restaurants. Free with pre-registration at conwayalive.com. Mini-entree items on sampler menu start at $2, and most items do not exceed $4. 843-248-6260.

▪ Poker run benefits, Saturday, both with registration at 11 a.m.: Sue Pariseau memorial for ALS Association, from Patty’s Bar, 1268 Surfside Industrial Park, off S.C. 544, just west of U.S. 17 Business, near Surfside Beach (details at 864-704-3914); and for Charles Tripp memorial, from Long Beards, 5040 Carolina Forest Blvd., Carolina Forest (843-503-9779).

▪ South by Southeast Music Feast season opener, benefiting local school music programs, 6 p.m. Saturday, including concert by Verlon Thompson, with Don Thomas opening, at Myrtle Beach Train Depot, 851 Broadway St. $20 advance or $25 at door. 843-251-6402 or southbysoutheast.org.

▪ The Market Common Triathlon, 7:30 a.m. Sunday, with three courses, in The Market Common area in Myrtle Beach. www.mbtriclub.org/race/market-common-triathlon/.

▪ American Cancer Society’s “Let’s Beat It!” show, 6 p.m. Sunday at Legends in Concert, 2925 Hollywood Drive, Myrtle Beach, at U.S. 17 Bypass and 29th Avenue North, across from Broadway at the Beach. $60, $70, $90 or $125, plus fees. letsbeatit.org.

FRIDAY-SUNDAY | 09.25-09.27

Big celebrations in Georgetown, Brunswick counties

▪ 25th annual Pawleys Island Festival of Music & Art opening weekend, with third annual “Seaside Palette,” 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday in downtown Georgetown, and wet paint sale and reception, 3-5 p.m. Saturday outside Kaminski House Museum, 1003 Front St.; and “Chalk under the Oaks” 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday on 700 block of Front Street. Free. 843-626-8911 or pawleysmusic.com.

▪ 40th annual Atalaya Arts & Crafts Festival, noon-6 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday at Huntington Beach State Park, on U.S. 17, between Murrells Inlet and Litchfield Beach. Park admission fee waived this weekend only; festival admission for ages 16 and older is $8 daily or $10 multiday pass, and free for ages 15 and younger. 843-237-4440 or www.atalayafestival.com.

▪ 12th annual Brunswick County Intercultural Festival, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday outside Brunswick Community College Odell Williamson Auditorium, off College Road, south of U.S. 17 in Supply, N.C. Free. 910-842-6566 or www.bcifestival.org.

▪ Sixth annual Southport Wooden Boat Show, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday in downtown Southport, N.C. Free. 910.477-2787 or www.southportwoodenboatshow.com.

▪ “Brew at the Zoo” benefit for Friends of Brookgreen Gardens, 5:30-8:30 p.m. Saturday in Lowcountry Zoo at Brookgreen Gardens, on U.S. 17, on U.S. 17, between Murrells Inlet and Litchfield Beach. $40 ($35 members) and $15 designated drivers. 843-235-6000 or www.brookgreen.org.

TUESDAY | 09.29

Three new exhibits showcase S.C. history

The Franklin G. Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum opens three new exhibits Tuesday, each showcasing major facets in S.C. history: “Rice: Paintings by Jonathan Green,” “Indigo: Works in Denim by Jim Arendt” and “Remnants of the Rice Culture: Photographs by David Shriver Soliday,” all through Jan. 7.

Arendt, the director of Coastal Carolina University’s Rebecca Randall Bryan Gallery, on the main campus in Conway, will give a museum docent tour during a reception, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Oct. 8, and lead a workshop for people of all ages, 2-4 p.m. Oct. 28, showing how to create works of art from their old denim jeans.

“Contemporary Conversations II,” with about 40 works by S.C. artists, continues through Dec. 27. Also, swing by “Before I Die,” through Tuesday, on the front lawn and accessible at any time and day for everyone to write down a lifetime dream or goal.

Find the museum at 3100 S. Ocean Blvd., Myrtle Beach, across from Midway Par 3 Golf and Springmaid Beach Resort. Free. It’s open 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays and 1-4 p.m. Sundays, and admission is free.

More details at www.myrtlebeachartmuseum.org.

Also, “The Essence of Forms/Contemporary Ceramic Sculpture,” a solo exhibit by Elizabeth Keller, an art professor and ceramics studio director at CCU, continues through Nov. 15 at Artspace 506, 506 37th Ave. S., North Myrtle Beach, open 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Wednesdays-Saturdays. Details at 843-273-0399 or www.artspace506.com.

THURSDAYS-SATURDAYS | Through 10.02

Ingram Planetarium shows in fall flight

Ingram Planetarium, 7625 High Market St., Sunset Beach, N.C., has begun its fall schedule, opening at 11:30 a.m. Thursdays-Saturdays through Jan. 2, and on Nov. 25 and Dec. 28-30, but not Nov. 26, Dec. 25 and Jan. 1).

This schedule of Sky Theater dome shows goes through Nov. 25, with each noon show at half price:

▪ Thursdays (and Nov. 25) – “Sunstruck” at noon, “Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure” 1 p.m., “Undiscovered Worlds” 2 p.m., and “Oasis in Space” 3 p.m.

▪ Fridays – “Astronaut” noon, “Dinosaur Passage to Pangaea” 1 p.m., “Dynamic Earth” 2 p.m., and “Seven Wonders” 3 p.m.

▪ Saturdays – “Zula Patrol” noon, “Dinosaur Passage to Pangaea” 1 p.m., “Back to the Moon for Good” 2 p.m., and “Two Small Pieces of Glass” 3 p.m.

Laser light and music shows are:

▪ Friday – “Laser Country” 6 p.m., and “Laser Zeppelin” 7 p.m.

▪ Saturday – “Laser Michael Jackson 6 p.m., and “Pink Floyd’s ‘Dark Side of the Moon’” 7 p.m.

▪ Oct. 9, 23 – “Laser Country” 6 p.m., and “Laser Vinyl” 7 p.m.

▪ Oct. 10, 24 – “Laser Michael Jackson” 6 p.m., and “Pink Floyd’s ‘The Wall’” 7 p.m., the latter of which is not recommended for young children.

▪ Oct. 30 – “Laser Fright Light” 6 p.m., and “Laser Magic” 7 p.m.

▪ Oct. 31 – “Laser Fright Light” 6 p.m., and “Laser Mania” 7 p.m.

▪ Nov. 13 – “Laser Country” 6 p.m., and “Laser Retro” 7 p.m.

▪ Nov. 14 – “Laser Michael Jackson” 6 p.m., and “Laser U2” 7 p.m.

Also, all shows are half price on Oct. 3. Two special programs, both 7 p.m., are: “The Future of Space Exploration” Oct. 17 and a Star Party Nov. 20 (rain date Nov. 21).

Prices per planetarium program are each $9 ages 13-61, $8 ages 62 and older, $7 ages 3-12, and free ages 2 and younger.

Details at 910-575-0033 or www.museumplanetarium.org.

FRIDAY, MONDAY, WEDNESDAY | 09.25, 09.28, 09.30

Concerts, Second City light up CCU stages

Coastal Carolina University has a slew of entertainment cued up for the next week on the main campus in Conway, accessed from U.S. 501 and S.C. 544:

▪ Spectrum Concert by student groups, 7 p.m. Friday in Wheelwright Auditorium. $7.

▪ CCU Faculty Jazz Ensemble, in a tribute to trumpeters Clark Terry and Kenny Wheeler, 7:30 p.m. Monday in Edwards Recital Hall. $7.

▪ “The Second City: Fully Loaded,” 7:30 p.m. Sept. 30 in Wheelwright Auditorium. $20 or $25.

Also, “Spring Awakening: A Musical” continues in CCU’s Myrtle Beach Education Center 79th Avenue Theatre, at U.S. 17 Bypass: 7:30 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday and Sept. 30, and Oct. 1-2; and 3 p.m. Saturdays through Oct. 3. $17.

Details at 843-349-2787 (ARTS) or www.coastal.edu/culturalarts.

This story was originally published September 24, 2015 at 1:00 AM with the headline "Best Bets | Greek fest, Atalaya arts on tap for this weekend."